1946 - 1980
Sanjay Gandhi (14 December 1946 – 23 June 1980) was an Indian politician and the younger son of Indira Gandhi and Feroze Gandhi. He was a member of parliament, Lok Sabha and the Nehru–Gandhi family. During his lifetime, he was widely expected to succeed his mother as head of the Indian National Congress and Prime Minister of India, but following his early death in a plane crash, his elder brother Rajiv became their mother's political heir and succeeded her as Prime Minister of India and President of the party after her assassination. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sanjay Gandhi has received more than 6,078,603 page views. His biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 30 in 2019). Sanjay Gandhi is the 12,616th most popular politician (down from 11,896th in 2019), the 475th most popular biography from India (down from 437th in 2019) and the 149th most popular Indian Politician.
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Among politicians, Sanjay Gandhi ranks 12,616 out of 15,577. Before him are Anand Panyarachun, Józef Bilczewski, Mahmud Tarzi, Mohamed Mahmoud Ould Louly, Benjamin Sheares, and Henry Knox. After him are Stefan Yanev, Froyla Tzalam, Eucratides II, Pierluigi Martini, Lyudmila Pakhomova, and Vladimir Bonch-Bruyevich.
1932 - Present
HPI: 48.41
Rank: 12,610
1860 - 1923
HPI: 48.41
Rank: 12,611
1865 - 1933
HPI: 48.40
Rank: 12,612
1943 - 2019
HPI: 48.40
Rank: 12,613
1907 - 1981
HPI: 48.40
Rank: 12,614
1750 - 1806
HPI: 48.40
Rank: 12,615
1946 - 1980
HPI: 48.40
Rank: 12,616
1960 - Present
HPI: 48.40
Rank: 12,617
HPI: 48.39
Rank: 12,618
200 BC - 200 BC
HPI: 48.39
Rank: 12,619
1961 - Present
HPI: 48.39
Rank: 12,620
1946 - 1986
HPI: 48.39
Rank: 12,621
1873 - 1955
HPI: 48.38
Rank: 12,622
Among people born in 1946, Sanjay Gandhi ranks 384. Before him are Vazgen Manukyan, Joseph Sifakis, John Barnard, Chuck Hagel, Gram Parsons, and Daouda Malam Wanké. After him are Lyudmila Pakhomova, Björn Granath, Álvaro Arzú, Ichiro Hosotani, María Baxa, and Tim Pigott-Smith. Among people deceased in 1980, Sanjay Gandhi ranks 174. Before him are Simonne Mathieu, André Parrot, Arend Heyting, George Pal, Joseph Banks Rhine, and Vasja Pirc. After him are Rafael Paasio, Petar Trifunović, Philip Guston, Wilhelmina Cooper, Andrija Anković, and C. P. Snow.
1946 - Present
HPI: 48.54
Rank: 378
1946 - Present
HPI: 48.53
Rank: 379
1946 - Present
HPI: 48.49
Rank: 380
1946 - Present
HPI: 48.49
Rank: 381
1946 - 1973
HPI: 48.47
Rank: 382
1946 - 2004
HPI: 48.44
Rank: 383
1946 - 1980
HPI: 48.40
Rank: 384
1946 - 1986
HPI: 48.39
Rank: 385
1946 - 2017
HPI: 48.38
Rank: 386
1946 - 2018
HPI: 48.36
Rank: 387
1946 - Present
HPI: 48.34
Rank: 388
1946 - 2019
HPI: 48.32
Rank: 389
1946 - 2017
HPI: 48.28
Rank: 390
1908 - 1980
HPI: 49.00
Rank: 168
1901 - 1980
HPI: 48.97
Rank: 169
1898 - 1980
HPI: 48.96
Rank: 170
1908 - 1980
HPI: 48.84
Rank: 171
1895 - 1980
HPI: 48.67
Rank: 172
1907 - 1980
HPI: 48.47
Rank: 173
1946 - 1980
HPI: 48.40
Rank: 174
1903 - 1980
HPI: 48.29
Rank: 175
1910 - 1980
HPI: 48.27
Rank: 176
1913 - 1980
HPI: 48.18
Rank: 177
1939 - 1980
HPI: 48.15
Rank: 178
1937 - 1980
HPI: 48.10
Rank: 179
1905 - 1980
HPI: 48.09
Rank: 180
Among people born in India, Sanjay Gandhi ranks 475 out of 1,493. Before him are Muhammad Azam Shah (1653), Azim Premji (1945), Verghese Kurien (1921), H. D. Deve Gowda (1933), Rajendra K. Pachauri (1940), and Percy Hobart (1885). After him are Frederick Lugard, 1st Baron Lugard (1858), Sharmila Tagore (1944), Kamini Roy (1864), Vyjayanthimala Bali (1936), Robert Swinhoe (1836), and Phoolan Devi (1963).
1653 - 1707
HPI: 48.56
Rank: 469
1945 - Present
HPI: 48.51
Rank: 470
1921 - 2012
HPI: 48.50
Rank: 471
1933 - Present
HPI: 48.50
Rank: 472
1940 - 2020
HPI: 48.46
Rank: 473
1885 - 1957
HPI: 48.42
Rank: 474
1946 - 1980
HPI: 48.40
Rank: 475
1858 - 1945
HPI: 48.39
Rank: 476
1944 - Present
HPI: 48.39
Rank: 477
1864 - 1933
HPI: 48.31
Rank: 478
1936 - Present
HPI: 48.22
Rank: 479
1836 - 1877
HPI: 48.21
Rank: 480
1963 - 2001
HPI: 48.16
Rank: 481
Among politicians born in India, Sanjay Gandhi ranks 149. Before him are Bhagwan Das (1869), Balaji Baji Rao (1720), Venkaiah Naidu (1949), Shuja-ud-Daula (1732), Muhammad Azam Shah (1653), and H. D. Deve Gowda (1933). After him are Phoolan Devi (1963), Fatima Jinnah (1893), Islam Shah Suri (1510), Sushma Swaraj (1952), Jaipal Singh Munda (1903), and Bhairon Singh Shekhawat (1923).
1869 - 1958
HPI: 49.28
Rank: 143
1720 - 1761
HPI: 49.16
Rank: 144
1949 - Present
HPI: 48.81
Rank: 145
1732 - 1775
HPI: 48.60
Rank: 146
1653 - 1707
HPI: 48.56
Rank: 147
1933 - Present
HPI: 48.50
Rank: 148
1946 - 1980
HPI: 48.40
Rank: 149
1963 - 2001
HPI: 48.16
Rank: 150
1893 - 1967
HPI: 48.15
Rank: 151
1510 - 1554
HPI: 48.13
Rank: 152
1952 - 2019
HPI: 48.03
Rank: 153
1903 - 1970
HPI: 47.92
Rank: 154
1923 - 2010
HPI: 47.55
Rank: 155